It’s my absolute honour and privilege to tell you about the exceptional and courageous woman I was lucky enough to call my mother (Renu Sharma). Born in a countryside village near Pilkhua, in UP, India, she was the only daughter among 3 siblings. She was a graduate in arts, and political science and later on learned Astrology and Vastu as practised by her grandfather. Married at the young age of 19 years, she moved from a small town in UP to Ambala in Haryana. From there on she lived in various places such as Punjab, Haryana and Himachal, due to my father being a serviceman in defence. As she travelled and lived in a vast range of different cultures, she picked up many new skills in the arts, cooking, and painting and taught them to other aspirants. Besides, my mother was a fine stage actor and even wrote a few skits. Whenever she stepped into a room she brought a calming and joyful presence, she was literally and metaphorically speaking a bundle of joy and light. She had...